Rondo factoid

[Kim Malo]

At 02:18 PM 3/2/2008, JoeFan11111 at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 3/2/08 11:50:10 AM, noah.evans at gmail.com writes:
>
> > House is a mistake? From what I've seen he's been pretty impressive.
> >
>I respectfully disagree.   Aside from sinking a few threes off the bench
>now and then what has he and his .400 shooting percentage and
>matadore defense done for us?   He was supposed to be our backup point,
>but he's no point guard and not even a decent shooting guard.
>Just my opinion.

House wasn't that bad as a PG sub earlier in the season when he 
clearly realized his own limitations and both pushed the ball up 
court ASAP and got it out of his own hands ASAP. He didn't actively 
really create, beyond encouraging more fast break baskets by pushing 
the ball, but he didn't interfere with the offense or make a lot of 
mistakes either, and that's more than you can say for a lot of backup 
PG. He also played better than his reputation D, although obviously 
he's never going to make all defensive team. He just got away from 
all that around the same time the whole team started breaking down 
and going more individual and hasn't fully recovered. While as Eric 
noted, it's more than a few 3s, and just as importantly in a backup, 
it's 3s with a Microwave-like ability to come in cold off the bench 
and be as likely to put them home as he is after oodles of PT.

Maybe this is another case of something I seem to see a lot where 
people brush off a player more because he's not the player they want 
him to be than based on what he actually is and isn't?
Kim